Day |
Moonage |
Phenomenon (JST) |
1 |
Tue |
17.3 |
`Ganjitsu' (New Year's Day) (Sunrise: Sapporo 07:06, Tokyo 06:51, Osaka 07:05, Fukuoka 07:23) |
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14:53 Jupiter is opposition in Gemini (Mag: -2.7, Dia.: 47.0") (watching from Jupiter, the Earth passes on the solar disk) |
2 |
Wed |
18.3 |
16h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.951, 365,408km, Dia.: 32'42") |
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22:59 Earth passes perihelion(0.9832898AU) |
3 |
Thu |
19.3 |
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4 |
Fri |
20.3 |
T-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 12.9, Period: 395 days) |
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11h ι-Dra meteor shower is at peak (Jan.1 - Jan.5) |
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20:19 Asteroid Pallas is at conjunction |
5 |
Sat |
21.3 |
21:43 `Shokan' (Longitude of the sun reaches 285 degrees) |
6 |
Sun |
22.3 |
06:26 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere |
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12:55 Last quarter moon |
7 |
Mon |
23.3 |
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8 |
Tue |
24.3 |
02:17 Algol is at minimum brightness |
9 |
Wed |
25.3 |
00h Comet 96P/Machholz 1 passses perihelion (Period: 5.2 years) |
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11:35 Asteroid Metis (9, Mag: 8.6) is closest to Pollux (β Gem) (0°;13.8') |
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14:08 Mercury passes 1°20.4' south of Neptune |
10 |
Thu |
26.3 |
00:28 Neptune is closest to Mercury (1°14.2') |
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23:07 Algol is at minimum brightness |
11 |
Fri |
27.3 |
R-Ser is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.1 - 14.4, Period: 356 days) |
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02:29 Moon passes 8°54.5' south of Pluto |
12 |
Sat |
28.3 |
08:44 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(19°00.7', Mag: -0.6, Dia.: 6.9") |
13 |
Sun |
29.3 |
00:23 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -24°14.3') |
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19:56 Algol is at minimum brightness |
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21:29 Moon passes 1°o26.0' south of Venus |
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22:29 New Moon |
14 |
Mon |
0.6 |
National Holiday in Japan (`Seijin no hi') |
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R-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.1 - 14.4, Period: 426 days) |
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05:36 Venus is at superior conjunction (0°52.3' south of Sun, Mag: -3.9, Dia.: 9.7") |
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08:57 Venus is closest to Sun (0°52.2') |
15 |
Tue |
1.6 |
01:24 Moon passes 3°34.7' south of Neptune |
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09h Saturn is closest to Epsilon-Tau (0°48.9') |
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11:24 Moon passes 3°o55.3' south of Mercury |
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17:47 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (3°14.9') |
16 |
Wed |
2.6 |
T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6 - 13.5, Period: 257 days) |
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04:50 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
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06:56 Moon passes 3°46.9' south of Uranus |
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21h Asteroid 7341 (1991VK) is at closest to the Earth (0.0718AU) |
17 |
Thu |
3.6 |
16:19 Midwinter day (`Doyou') (Longitude of the sun reaches 297 degrees) |
18 |
Fri |
4.6 |
Y-Dra is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.2 - 15.0, Period: 326 days) |
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18h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.055, 405,500km, Dia.: 29'28") |
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18:18 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.: 21h06.5m) |
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22h Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 passses perihelion (Period 8.7 years) |
19 |
Sat |
5.6 |
07:17 Moon passes 05°15.9' south of Mars |
20 |
Sun |
6.6 |
11:12 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
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15:02 `Daikan' (Longitude of the sun reaches 300 degrees) |
21 |
Mon |
7.6 |
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22 |
Tue |
8.6 |
02:47 First quarter moon |
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21h Asteroid Nereus (4660) is closest to the Earth (0.029AU) |
23 |
Wed |
9.6 |
01h Comet C/2000WM 1 (LINEAR) passses perihelion (Mag: 6? in constellation Tel) |
24 |
Thu |
10.6 |
05:39 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°27.8') |
25 |
Fri |
11.6 |
00:39 Moon passes 0°04.6' north of Saturn (Occultation of Saturn in west Japan) |
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01:56 Occultation of Saturn (Mag: -0.1) (immersion time at Osaka, emersion at Osaka is 02:23) |
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21:29 Venus passes 1°19.7' south of Neptune |
26 |
Sat |
12.6 |
03:48 Neptune is closest to Venus (1°17.4') |
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05:56 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
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09:44 Mercury passes 4°28.2' north of Venus |
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17:38 Venus is closest to Mercury (4°24.0') |
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21:45 Mercury passes 3°13.4' north of Neptune |
27 |
Sun |
13.6 |
03:58 Moon passes 0°54.6' north of Jupiter (Occultation of Jupiter in North Japan) |
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04:53 Occultation of Jupiter (Mag: -2.6) (immersion time at Sapporo, emmersion cannot be seen because of the moonset) |
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05:43 Neptune is closest to Mercury (3°11.9') |
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10:55 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +24°16.0') |
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18:36 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (3°28.1' south of Sun, Mag: 4.6, Dia.: 10.1") |
28 |
Mon |
14.6 |
01:48 Mercury is closest to Sun (3°24.2') |
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06h Asteroid Orpheus (3361) is closest to the Earth (0.1695AU) |
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10h Comet 125P/Spacewatch passses perihelion (Period: 5.5 years) |
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22:05 Neptune is at conjunction (0°06.3' north of Sun, Mag: 8.0, Dia.: 02.2") |
29 |
Tue |
15.6 |
R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7 - 14.4, Period 317 days) |
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03:25 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
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07:50 Full Moon |
30 |
Wed |
16.6 |
R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.3, Period 137 days) |
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03h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at northernmost |
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18h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.937, 359,992km, Dia.:33'12") |
31 |
Thu |
17.6 |
00:51 Algol is at minimum brightness |